IC 1609
| Galaxy IC 1609 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 59 m 46.6 s |
| declination | -40 ° 20 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 'x 1.4' |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023076 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 6918 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(307 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.0 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1609 • PGC 3567 • ESO 295-026 • MCG -07-03-004 • 2MASX J00594662-4020007 • SGC 005728-4036.1 • GALEX ASC J005946.53-402000.9 • LDCE 50 NED003 | |
IC 1609 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Phoenix in the southern sky . It is an estimated 307 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 324 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 4, 1897 .